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in benghazi. >> thank you. so this isat process that the joint teams of d.o.d. and state that goes out initially looked at the 19 posts. that's great that they come back with a report. it's kind of like, you know, the seven reports to this. and now we have another committee. we can keep having committees to look into benghazi, but if we never act on them, it doesn't help our men and women on the ground. and that's what i'm focused on. so what i want to know is with these isats, so they came back with their recommendations to you. have they been resourced? are they institutionalized? what has been done with this process so that it's not a snap shot in time in reaction to benghazi attack, and i want to make sure that, you know, at the very least, we're continuing the cooperation or at least there's some sort of institutionalization of the review process to make sure that if it's not those 19 posts, if the shift now is there's 20 posts or some other posts, what has been done to make sure it's institu
in benghazi. >> thank you. so this isat process that the joint teams of d.o.d. and state that goes out initially looked at the 19 posts. that's great that they come back with a report. it's kind of like, you know, the seven reports to this. and now we have another committee. we can keep having committees to look into benghazi, but if we never act on them, it doesn't help our men and women on the ground. and that's what i'm focused on. so what i want to know is with these isats, so they...
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presence in benghazi. republicans asked more than 45 questions about david brock media matters -- i have no idea what that is even and affiliated entities -- but no questions, no questions about ambassador stevens and other u.s. personnel in benghazi. that's sidney blumenthal by the numbers. now, there were a couple lines of questioning i did understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. now not the one actually that's relevant today about benghazi but one written 17 years ago about a different attack, in tanzania. mr. pompeo put up a very nice chart. they've got great exhibits. selectively quoting from that report. and the implication was the secretary should have security, should be the one deciding the security at every facility around the world. what he didn't read to you was part of the same section of that report which says, quote, in the process the secretary should rec-examine the present structue with the objective of assuring that a single, high-ranking officer is acco
presence in benghazi. republicans asked more than 45 questions about david brock media matters -- i have no idea what that is even and affiliated entities -- but no questions, no questions about ambassador stevens and other u.s. personnel in benghazi. that's sidney blumenthal by the numbers. now, there were a couple lines of questioning i did understand. one of them was about the accountability review board report. now not the one actually that's relevant today about benghazi but one written 17...
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we should not leave benghazi. and it's -- you know, obviously something that you have to be constantly evaluating. and all of these difficult, unstable spots around the world. but i appreciate your bringing to the committee's attention the strong opinion of the man who knew the most and was on the ground and who understood what we were trying to achieve in benghazi, ambassador stevens. >> was it your understanding that he certainly understood the risk of being there? >> he definitely understood the risks, yes. >> thank you. i yield back. >> gentlelady xwreelds back. the chair will recognize the gentlelady, ms. brooks. >> i would like to ask you about your decision-making and the discussions you had as it related to how long the benghazi position would last. i'm putting up a map just because most of us really don't know much about libya, don't know much about the geography of libya. and as we've talked about these various communities, i don't think most people really realized. so i want to share with you that we kn
we should not leave benghazi. and it's -- you know, obviously something that you have to be constantly evaluating. and all of these difficult, unstable spots around the world. but i appreciate your bringing to the committee's attention the strong opinion of the man who knew the most and was on the ground and who understood what we were trying to achieve in benghazi, ambassador stevens. >> was it your understanding that he certainly understood the risk of being there? >> he...
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at just the irs and benghazi? surely you can throw a few more stories into the massive conspiracy. mr. beck, show them how it's done. >> i want you to know that the irs story, the benghazi story, and the boston bombings and the, more importantly, the muslim cover-up, the muslim brotherhood cover-up. they're all connected. >> joining us now is democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois. good afternoon, ma'am. >> good afternoon, martin. thanks for having me. >> it's a pleasure. there had been talk of a possible second chance to pass expanded background checks in part because of the backlash that many republicans were receiving for their no votes, but i guess we may as well forget about gun safety because speaker boehner, "politico" is now totally obsessed with benghazi. >> well, as the american people, a person on the street, what about benghazi? and i think they would be hard pressed to really know where it was, what it was, or that they would care very much. not that it wasn't a tragedy, but this is not t
at just the irs and benghazi? surely you can throw a few more stories into the massive conspiracy. mr. beck, show them how it's done. >> i want you to know that the irs story, the benghazi story, and the boston bombings and the, more importantly, the muslim cover-up, the muslim brotherhood cover-up. they're all connected. >> joining us now is democratic congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois. good afternoon, ma'am. >> good afternoon, martin. thanks for having me. >>...
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this benghazi is red meat for them. i just think it's tragic the way they put it forward with a grieving mother this way. >> congressman adam schiff, on the select committee on benghazi, thank you, sir, appreciate having you here. >> thank you. >> let's bring into the conversation someone who knew ambassador chris stevens, one of the four american who is died. we heard from pat smith, the mother of shawn smith who is the foreign service officer who died. we're reacting in part to her very, very emotional, very raw remarks which included her saying that she holds hillary clinton personally responsible personally for the death of her son. she said hillary clinton should be in prison. richard engel new ambassador stevens and he's been able to follow along from istanbul. what's your feeling about how this has been addressed at the convention? >> i knew ambassador stevens and spent time with him in benghazi during the war. it was a very chaotic time. it was a time where you didn't know which militias you could trust. you wer
this benghazi is red meat for them. i just think it's tragic the way they put it forward with a grieving mother this way. >> congressman adam schiff, on the select committee on benghazi, thank you, sir, appreciate having you here. >> thank you. >> let's bring into the conversation someone who knew ambassador chris stevens, one of the four american who is died. we heard from pat smith, the mother of shawn smith who is the foreign service officer who died. we're reacting in part...
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report prior to the terrorist attack in benghazi? >> well, i was certainly aware of a number of reports from throughout our government. i don't know of the specific one you're referring to. there were d.o.d. reports, community reports, state department reports talking about the decreasing -- or the increasing threat environment in eastern libya. that is what we were trying to establish with the libyans. the election in july brought to victory what we would consider moderates. people who had a very different view of the kind of future than certainly al qaeda or these militants have. but there's going to be a struggle in this region and the united states has to be as effective in partnering with the non-jihadists whether they fly a black flag or any other flag. >> i clearly understand that, however, this flag was pointed out to be affiliated with al qaeda, terrorists who attack and kill united states citizens and other individuals around the world. do you -- did anyone in your department below you, were they aware of this report and th
report prior to the terrorist attack in benghazi? >> well, i was certainly aware of a number of reports from throughout our government. i don't know of the specific one you're referring to. there were d.o.d. reports, community reports, state department reports talking about the decreasing -- or the increasing threat environment in eastern libya. that is what we were trying to establish with the libyans. the election in july brought to victory what we would consider moderates. people who...
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that's why chris was in benghazi. it's why he had served previously in syria, egypt, saudi arabia, and jerusalem during the second intefadeh. nobody knew the dangers of libya better. a weak government, extremist groups, rampant instability. but chris chose to go to benghazi because he understood america had to be represented there at that pivotal time. he knew that eastern libya was where the revolution had begun and that unrest there could derail the country's fragile transition to democracy. and if extremists gained a foothold, they would have the chance to destabilize the entire region including egypt and tunisia. he also knew how urgent it was to ensure that the weapons gadhafi had left strewn across the country, including shoulder-fired missiles that could knock an airplane out of the sky, did not fall into the wrong hands. the nearest israeli airport is just a day's drive from the libyan border. above all, chris understood that most people in libya or anywhere reject the extremist's argument that violence could
that's why chris was in benghazi. it's why he had served previously in syria, egypt, saudi arabia, and jerusalem during the second intefadeh. nobody knew the dangers of libya better. a weak government, extremist groups, rampant instability. but chris chose to go to benghazi because he understood america had to be represented there at that pivotal time. he knew that eastern libya was where the revolution had begun and that unrest there could derail the country's fragile transition to democracy....
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that's the scandal of benghazi. the thing that i take away -- and it's been mentioned by previous speakers -- is this jarring contrast between the ingenuity and the heroism and the initiative that was taking place at benghazi, you can read these communications, you can understand the urgency of what they were dealing with and this overwhelming sense of respond to rescue other americans. meanwhile across the ocean almost a disposition of near fecklessness. the summary of this white house meeting that the chairman mentioned that took place at 7:30, half of the discussion, half of the readouts according to the information that we became privy to suggested that they were talking about a video. when you read this information, you come to the conclusion -- at least i did -- that they're as concerned, more concerned, about whether they're going to be offending the libyan government by how it is that there this rescue is proposed to take place than whether the rescue is successful. marinate that for a second. they're worrie
that's the scandal of benghazi. the thing that i take away -- and it's been mentioned by previous speakers -- is this jarring contrast between the ingenuity and the heroism and the initiative that was taking place at benghazi, you can read these communications, you can understand the urgency of what they were dealing with and this overwhelming sense of respond to rescue other americans. meanwhile across the ocean almost a disposition of near fecklessness. the summary of this white house meeting...
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let me start with benghazi. do republicans have a smoking gun? no. do they have enough to keep the story alive? yes. today we learned the state department asked for and received changes made to the administration's talking points after the attack. that doesn't mean that hillary clinton or president obama orchestrated a conspiracy to cover up some sort of malfeasance, but it does give republicans fuel to keep this story alive, and they are. throw in lindsey graham's call for mrs. clinton to testify before congress, and a new anti-hillary ad by karl rove, and you've got a growing political story. david corn is washington bureau chief for "mother jones" magazine and msnbc political analyst. danielle pletka is vice president of the american enterprise institute. we now know that the talking points used by susan rice were changed 12 times in a 24-hour period and the white house and state department were more involved in the process than previously revealed. the first draft of the talking points included a specific reference to, quote, islamic extremists w
let me start with benghazi. do republicans have a smoking gun? no. do they have enough to keep the story alive? yes. today we learned the state department asked for and received changes made to the administration's talking points after the attack. that doesn't mean that hillary clinton or president obama orchestrated a conspiracy to cover up some sort of malfeasance, but it does give republicans fuel to keep this story alive, and they are. throw in lindsey graham's call for mrs. clinton to...
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the other benghazi is #benghazi. #benghazi is the world of online conspiracy theories, twitter trolls, and facebook right wingers. #benghazi isn't a real place, where real people died horrible deaths. it's the alternate universe of endless conspiracy theorizing and propaganda that has sucked the entire right knee a paranoid vor decks. it's represented on the speaker's graphic by the fake breaking news banner that is there for no reason. this graphic and the speaker.gov. #benghazi is where you can find tweets about how hillary clinton has buckets of blood on her hands. the white house sends more personnel to the bundy ranch over cows than they did to benghazi. it's the place where people think that a white house communications adviser looking at white house talking points is the next watergate. #benghazi isn't just online, it's an entire industry, an entire imaginary realm. it's where, for instance, lindsey graham has actually been living for the past year. >> this is not a fox news story, this is an american story. i
the other benghazi is #benghazi. #benghazi is the world of online conspiracy theories, twitter trolls, and facebook right wingers. #benghazi isn't a real place, where real people died horrible deaths. it's the alternate universe of endless conspiracy theorizing and propaganda that has sucked the entire right knee a paranoid vor decks. it's represented on the speaker's graphic by the fake breaking news banner that is there for no reason. this graphic and the speaker.gov. #benghazi is where you...
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where does benghazi fall in that spectrum if you buy into it? >> first of all, i think karl rove lost his mind. we saw a little bit of him losing his mind election night when he wanted to call for a recount in ohio. and for him to put in an ad to attack a potential candidate who may never run three years from now, karl, get a life. take up tennis or do something. that's number one. number two, hillary clinton's stint at secretary of state is like a pitcher who had 20 wins and two losses during her stint as secretary of state. you know, if this is a blot on our record, her record was almost perfect in the eyes of the american people. and this won't have any long lasting effect. i guarantee you a few years from now if hill had hill is a candidate, less than 5% of the american people will remember this. look, this is all about spin. it's not about cover-up. it's about spin. if there was a cover-up, let me repeat, the president of the united states, whose administration is supposedly orchestrating this cover-up, wouldn't have admitted that it was a
where does benghazi fall in that spectrum if you buy into it? >> first of all, i think karl rove lost his mind. we saw a little bit of him losing his mind election night when he wanted to call for a recount in ohio. and for him to put in an ad to attack a potential candidate who may never run three years from now, karl, get a life. take up tennis or do something. that's number one. number two, hillary clinton's stint at secretary of state is like a pitcher who had 20 wins and two losses...
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benghazi was a tragedy. we've all acknowledged that. the lost of american lives and we also acknowledged the bravery of the people on the ground. they did extraordinary service and saved lives. and that's what they are trained to do and we want to make sure that we acknowledge that. also, let me point out that you have been very open with the committee. we had a hearing on december 20th with your deputies and they provided all of the information and you're here today. we thank you very much for that. i want to follow up on one area of northern africa that you point out the risk factors that we currently have in northern africa. algeria is a reminder of the global security concerns. we do not know as senator rich pointed out the individuals who may have been involved in libya may have been involved and algeria, we don't know that. we do know there's reports from the united nations and others that weapons have gotten from libya into algeria, which points out our need as we look at transitions occurring in that region, syria, assad is not
benghazi was a tragedy. we've all acknowledged that. the lost of american lives and we also acknowledged the bravery of the people on the ground. they did extraordinary service and saved lives. and that's what they are trained to do and we want to make sure that we acknowledge that. also, let me point out that you have been very open with the committee. we had a hearing on december 20th with your deputies and they provided all of the information and you're here today. we thank you very much for...
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they weren't on the ground in benghazi. and they -- they spent, perhaps, 45 minutes talking about what they heard from 400 miles away. except we had heard each and every bit of that. let me tell you what they should have done. what we haven't gotten to yet. and what oversight is for. what has changed and what should change? there has been no discussion of what is now the case in benghazi or in similar posts throughout the world. which is what this is supposed to be all about. but that's not what it's about for them. >> of course not. delegate eleanor holmes norton, thank you so much. >> always a pleasure. thank you. >>> coming up, the year 2013 has a message for the great gatsby. i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would absolutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. i'm really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. one traveler at a time. expedia. find yours. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it
they weren't on the ground in benghazi. and they -- they spent, perhaps, 45 minutes talking about what they heard from 400 miles away. except we had heard each and every bit of that. let me tell you what they should have done. what we haven't gotten to yet. and what oversight is for. what has changed and what should change? there has been no discussion of what is now the case in benghazi or in similar posts throughout the world. which is what this is supposed to be all about. but that's not...
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benghazi, benghazi. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> the republicans want to make it a political issue. >> this is a scandal without a center. >> how many more taxpayer dollars are we going to spend try to prove a political point? >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> president obama this afternoon had his hands full with the full-blown international crisis. hosting german chancellor angela merkel at the white house to discuss a major escalation in ukraine. today saw the heaviest fighting in that country since a pro-russian uprising a month ago with at least 31 killed during clashes between pro-russian demonstrators and ukrainian government supporters. but if you are a republican in congress, the crisis is not in ukraine. no, the crisis at hand is the administration's response to the 2012 attack in benghazi. today, we witnessed a full-blown outbreak of benghazi fever. this morning, the chairman of the house oversight and government reform committee darrell issa, a man who has made quite a name for himself in the world of scandal mongering. subpoenaed the secretary of state john kerry because, be
benghazi, benghazi. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> the republicans want to make it a political issue. >> this is a scandal without a center. >> how many more taxpayer dollars are we going to spend try to prove a political point? >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> president obama this afternoon had his hands full with the full-blown international crisis. hosting german chancellor angela merkel at the white house to discuss a major escalation in ukraine....
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benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. the arab revolutions have scrambled dynamics and shattered forces across the region. instability in mali created an expanding safe haven for terrorists and look to extend their influence and plot further attacks like the kind we saw in algeria. let me offer our deepest condolences to the families of the americans killed and injured in the algerian hostage crisis. we remain in close touch with the government of algeria, ready to provide assistance if needed and seeking to gain a fuller understanding of what took place so we can working to to prevent such terrorist attacks in the future. concerns about terrorism and instability in north africa are not new of course. indeed they have been a top priority for this entire national security team. but we need to work together to accelerate a diplomatic campaign and increase pressure on al qaeda and the islamic and other terrorist groups in the region. i conferred with the president of libya and foreign minsters and prime minister of tunisia a
benghazi did not happen in a vacuum. the arab revolutions have scrambled dynamics and shattered forces across the region. instability in mali created an expanding safe haven for terrorists and look to extend their influence and plot further attacks like the kind we saw in algeria. let me offer our deepest condolences to the families of the americans killed and injured in the algerian hostage crisis. we remain in close touch with the government of algeria, ready to provide assistance if needed...
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the hard rights benghazi investigation. yesterday we told you about a newly disclosed e-mail that republicans were heralding as the smoking gun in this investigation, what set off a chain reaction inside the republican party starting with senator lindsey graham calling the white house scumbags. but as we noted in yesterday's show ben rhodes squares with the reality of what actually happened in benghazi. that hardly matters to some republicans today. there are rightists out there going nuclear. house speaker john boehner announce they'd will select a new committee, a permanent committee, to investigate benghazi. republicans on the house armed services committee, foreign affairs committee, oversight and the intelligence committee have all conducted their own investigations, but for some republicans there's no such thing as enough. in a statement today the speaker says, quote, it's clear that questions remain and the administration still does not respect the authority of congress to provide proper oversight. well, this dismiss
the hard rights benghazi investigation. yesterday we told you about a newly disclosed e-mail that republicans were heralding as the smoking gun in this investigation, what set off a chain reaction inside the republican party starting with senator lindsey graham calling the white house scumbags. but as we noted in yesterday's show ben rhodes squares with the reality of what actually happened in benghazi. that hardly matters to some republicans today. there are rightists out there going nuclear....
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benghazi, tomorrow? >> i am. >> reporter: besides grilling clinton on her own e-mails still being released, lawmakers are expected to unveil new information today. 8,000 pages of e-mails from ambassador chris stevens. >> so where does the fault lie for the timing of this? it lies at the state department, who only 36 hours ago has released some of ambassador stevens' e-mails. >> reporter: stevens asked for more security before he was killed. he didn't get it. clinton's team says those requests never reached her desk. >> i expect that secretary clinton will push back on the half-truth, and the outright fabrications of these crazy conspiracy theories. >> reporter: the committee wants to know why stevens' requests were denied. were there warning signs? and given the risks, why we were there in the first place. today, clinton's expected to push for more security training and more diplomacy in risky areas. >> republicans can play political games, but hillary clinton will always stand strong. >> reporter: the s
benghazi, tomorrow? >> i am. >> reporter: besides grilling clinton on her own e-mails still being released, lawmakers are expected to unveil new information today. 8,000 pages of e-mails from ambassador chris stevens. >> so where does the fault lie for the timing of this? it lies at the state department, who only 36 hours ago has released some of ambassador stevens' e-mails. >> reporter: stevens asked for more security before he was killed. he didn't get it. clinton's...
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his new e-book is "the benghazi hoax" which destroys the right wing obsession with the benghazi tragedy. david, thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> the gop has relentlessly attacked the administration about the ben -- about benghazi. but you show how one of the biggest republican hoaxes is that the president didn't care about what happened. explain. >> well, look. i think there are two things to say right up front. there are 157 attacks on u.s. diplomatic facilities since 1998. yet benghazi is the one that has been investigated more. the democrats most of this happened under republican administrations and the democrats didn't want to dishonor the dead and slander the military and attack the rescue teams for partisan reasons. two, benghazi to the republicans in their mind fit a narrative, a long-running narrative that they tried to press for five years now. that president obama was a weak president that he leads from behind, that he's sympathetic to terrorism. and somehow the first black president named barack obama is somehow un-american. so their aspect of this which is
his new e-book is "the benghazi hoax" which destroys the right wing obsession with the benghazi tragedy. david, thank you for being here tonight. >> thank you. >> the gop has relentlessly attacked the administration about the ben -- about benghazi. but you show how one of the biggest republican hoaxes is that the president didn't care about what happened. explain. >> well, look. i think there are two things to say right up front. there are 157 attacks on u.s....
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and granted he never said shut down benghazi. and i understand and appreciate that you deferred to him but you also -- we have no record of you ever talking to him. that you never talked to him personally after may of 2012 when you swore him in as our ambassador. am i wrong? did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hot bed of libya? that is a yes or no question, madame secretary? did you ever personally speak to
and granted he never said shut down benghazi. and i understand and appreciate that you deferred to him but you also -- we have no record of you ever talking to him. that you never talked to him personally after may of 2012 when you swore him in as our ambassador. am i wrong? did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hot bed of libya? that is a yes or no question, madame secretary? did you ever personally speak to
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drudge report, benghazi headline. drudge report, benghazi headline. drudge report, benghazi headline. drudge report, this is a good one, he knew. didn't even have to say, you knew that was a benghazi headline. drudge report with a siren, benghazi headline. this website which is the hard wired brain of the conservative movement and conservative media in the republican party, this singular website which is basically the wizard behind america's right wing oz, the drudge report has been absolutely obsessed with the attacks on the american diplomatic facility in benghazi almost two years ago. well, today the united states government announced that the mastermind of that benghazi attack, alleged mastermind, he was arrested in libya. taken into custody by u.s. special forces and the fbi. can you imagine how something like that is going to play on the drudge report? right? i mean, for more than a year and a half now, the drudge report has been burning out its sirens and having to get new ones. freaking out about everything benghazi related. hyping things that
drudge report, benghazi headline. drudge report, benghazi headline. drudge report, benghazi headline. drudge report, this is a good one, he knew. didn't even have to say, you knew that was a benghazi headline. drudge report with a siren, benghazi headline. this website which is the hard wired brain of the conservative movement and conservative media in the republican party, this singular website which is basically the wizard behind america's right wing oz, the drudge report has been absolutely...
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what exactly did she know about security failures in benghazi? well, nbc's kelly o'donnell is live on capitol hill. kelly, this is going to be one dramatic day up there. >> reporter: there has been so much buildup towards this. and because of not only the scope and the tragedy of what happened in benghazi, but the magnitude of who the prime witness is. hillary clinton, in one of her final acts as secretary of state, one of the things members have told me they really wanted to be certain about, was that she would testify while still secretary of state. as we all know, she suffered an illness, first there was a virus, a fall that led to a concussion, then a blood clot. had a really tough go. so there were questions about when she would be able to testify and even for a brief time, there were questions about whether or not her illness was serious enough. that's all been put to rest. what i hear from members is that the tone today will be a lot about looking to what can be done in the future, about protecting some of the sensitive areas that the u.s.
what exactly did she know about security failures in benghazi? well, nbc's kelly o'donnell is live on capitol hill. kelly, this is going to be one dramatic day up there. >> reporter: there has been so much buildup towards this. and because of not only the scope and the tragedy of what happened in benghazi, but the magnitude of who the prime witness is. hillary clinton, in one of her final acts as secretary of state, one of the things members have told me they really wanted to be certain...
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these military assets that were sent to benghazi and to tripoli? the white house has been emphasizing this investigation has been going on longer than the watergate investigation, the 9/11 investigation. it costs a lot of money and they insisted broken no new ground in the force echoing what kristin was just reporting about the clinton campaign, their saying this is all partisan and hate it produce statements by republicans insinuate that as well. a lot of politics. one thing we can clarify a bit. a lot of focus of the report was about the military's role, the military's response, and the pentagon just released a statement shortly saying in part for example that the military was instrumental in the evacuation of all americans who are attacked in benghazi, stabilizing the wounded and tripoli, of course, and evacuating the embassy in tripoli, not benghazi. no explanation for why they never gots there. so that's one of many questions for the white house as to what happened in that chain of command and why those got there. emphasizing that they could n
these military assets that were sent to benghazi and to tripoli? the white house has been emphasizing this investigation has been going on longer than the watergate investigation, the 9/11 investigation. it costs a lot of money and they insisted broken no new ground in the force echoing what kristin was just reporting about the clinton campaign, their saying this is all partisan and hate it produce statements by republicans insinuate that as well. a lot of politics. one thing we can clarify a...
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>> for everyone or for benghazi? >> i'm sorry, for benghazi and libya. do you know how many? >> no, i do not know. >> just over 100 plus. in the second quarter do you know how many? >> no, i do not. >> might have been 171 or 173. how many were there in july and august and then in the week and a few days before the attacks, do you know? >> there were a number of them. i know that. >> yes, ma'am, 83 by our count. that's over 600 requests. you have testified here this morning that you had none of those reach your desk, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> madam secretary, mr. blumenthal wrote you 150 e-mails. it appears from the materials that we have read that all of those reached your desk. can you tell us why security requests from your professionals, the men that you just testified and with which i agree are incredibly professional, incredibly capable people, trained in the art of keeping us all safe, none of those made it to you? but a man who was a friend of yours who had never been to libya, didn't know much about it, at least that's his testimony, didn't know much abou
>> for everyone or for benghazi? >> i'm sorry, for benghazi and libya. do you know how many? >> no, i do not know. >> just over 100 plus. in the second quarter do you know how many? >> no, i do not. >> might have been 171 or 173. how many were there in july and august and then in the week and a few days before the attacks, do you know? >> there were a number of them. i know that. >> yes, ma'am, 83 by our count. that's over 600 requests. you have...
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to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. why pick on her. she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most political person they could find. i don't know what she knew but i know the story she told is misleading. i don't know why it was misleading but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national security events? i think they might because when the bin laden raid occurred they leaked every detail about the raid. >> joining me for more is the political writer for the "new york times" john har wood and "washington post" amy gardner. thank you for being here. appreciate that. you heard senator graham essentially accusing the administration of misleading on the nature of the benghazi attack. what's your attack? >> my attack take is that benghazi has become the channel through which republicans remaining unhappiness about the election outcome is being focused. look, it was catastrophic tragedy. but we have an explanation from petraeus for why susan rice
to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. why pick on her. she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most political person they could find. i don't know what she knew but i know the story she told is misleading. i don't know why it was misleading but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national security events? i think they might because when the bin laden raid occurred they leaked every detail about the raid. >> joining me...
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this was their work in benghazi, and this is the work we will carry on. their sacrifice will never be forgotten. we will bring to justice those who took them from us. most of all, even in our grief, we will be resolute. for we are americans. we hold our head high. greater love hath no man than this. that a man lay down his life for his friends. the flag they served under now carries them home.
this was their work in benghazi, and this is the work we will carry on. their sacrifice will never be forgotten. we will bring to justice those who took them from us. most of all, even in our grief, we will be resolute. for we are americans. we hold our head high. greater love hath no man than this. that a man lay down his life for his friends. the flag they served under now carries them home.
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it's benghazi. all kinds of good stuff going on. but it is benghazi. john, your reaction to the outbreak of benghazi fever? >> the only way they can exploit the deaths more would be to fire benghazi t-shirts out of one of those t-shirt guns at the hearings. we went from using a terror attack in 2001 to cheer on a president to using a terror attack in 2012 to smear on a president. they exploded 3,000 terror dead to attack iraq and now they exploit 4 terror dead to attack barack. remember the quaint days of united we stand? this is all about one thing. it's not about a cover-up. if they cared about a cover-up, oliver north would be breaking rocks in a federal prison right now. this is about 2014. the gop has no ideas s so they got to get the base out. the democrats are taking this like a real pinata. they keep getting pummeled on this. the democrats need to turn this around and call these guys out for what they're really doing, a crass exploitation of four tragic deaths for a really disgusting political gain. >> what role does right wing talk radio play?
it's benghazi. all kinds of good stuff going on. but it is benghazi. john, your reaction to the outbreak of benghazi fever? >> the only way they can exploit the deaths more would be to fire benghazi t-shirts out of one of those t-shirt guns at the hearings. we went from using a terror attack in 2001 to cheer on a president to using a terror attack in 2012 to smear on a president. they exploded 3,000 terror dead to attack iraq and now they exploit 4 terror dead to attack barack. remember...
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and he chose to go to benghazi. >> he did. and congressman, ambassadors in the countries they are representing, the united states do not as a practice ask permission from the state department to travel in the country where they are stationed. >> as well they should not. they need to be in charge of their country. also point out on the question of e-mails and which ones you received and haven't received, unfortunately, the state department, which has been spending an enormous amount of time producing documents for this committee, cannot produce thousands of e-mails at the drop of a hat. and the committee chose to prioritize all your e-mails but also ms. abedine's e-mails and sid me blumenthal's e-mails, they chose to prioritize those over the others. the state department is trying to get this information but it's the question of the priorities of the committee which brings me to the last point i'll make. and i won't take the full ten minutes here, there are a lot of accusations made become and forth about things that were said
and he chose to go to benghazi. >> he did. and congressman, ambassadors in the countries they are representing, the united states do not as a practice ask permission from the state department to travel in the country where they are stationed. >> as well they should not. they need to be in charge of their country. also point out on the question of e-mails and which ones you received and haven't received, unfortunately, the state department, which has been spending an enormous amount...
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"clinton evades gop blows in benghazi hearing." again, that's an eight hours in snapshot of the way this is being received. if that is the overall takeaway from the spectacle of the hearing, that will essentially be a political positive for hillary clinton. republicans had been gearing up for this testimony for months. they saw this as their chance to finally take down hillary clinton. the house majority leader admitted as much explicitly. but if those kind of reviews hold, that is not the result that republicans were surely anticipating. and to that point i just want to play one more moment from this hearing today. this took place toward the end of the night. just a very short time ago. watch this. >> and i just for one want to thank you. and i appreciate what you've done. it has not been easy. you're right, it's easy to sit up here under these lights and monday morning quarterbacking about what could have been, what should have been. you have laid it out. i think you have said this has not been done perfectly. you wish you could
"clinton evades gop blows in benghazi hearing." again, that's an eight hours in snapshot of the way this is being received. if that is the overall takeaway from the spectacle of the hearing, that will essentially be a political positive for hillary clinton. republicans had been gearing up for this testimony for months. they saw this as their chance to finally take down hillary clinton. the house majority leader admitted as much explicitly. but if those kind of reviews hold, that is...
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it's a tragedy that four americans perished in benghazi. but right away mitt romney turns around and he turns it into a political issue. why? because the far right in this country, for -- since the beginning of his administration, has insisted barack obama apologizes for terrorists. that was mitt romney's accusation. why do they make that accusation? well, it's part of their whole theme that barack obama is the other. then from there they extend this attack when they can't get barack obama, they try for hillary clinton. they keep going. we felt it was important to chronicle the hoax that is the accusations about benghazi. we felt it was vital the american people know that this was a tragedy and republicans are politicizing that tragedy for partisan gain. >> you know, david, the thing that struck me as well on this is that then you had, of course, chairman issa picking up the baton, if you will, and continuing on from where the campaign had left off. just the number of hearings that we've seen on benghazi. the amount of -- the fox segments t
it's a tragedy that four americans perished in benghazi. but right away mitt romney turns around and he turns it into a political issue. why? because the far right in this country, for -- since the beginning of his administration, has insisted barack obama apologizes for terrorists. that was mitt romney's accusation. why do they make that accusation? well, it's part of their whole theme that barack obama is the other. then from there they extend this attack when they can't get barack obama,...
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diplomatic post in benghazi. there's been a state department accountability review board chaired by admiral mike mullen and ambassador thomas pickering. there have also been hearings before the senate committee on foreign relations where former secretary of state hillary clinton was cross examined. and yesterday, the president, himself, appeared a little exasperated by the republicans' focus on benghazi. >> there are still diplomats around the world who are in very dangerous, difficult situations and we don't have time to be playing these kinds of political games here in washington. we should be focused on what are we doing to protect them? >> joining us now, representative tom cole of oklahoma who is calling for a special committee to further investigate these attacks. good afternoon, sir. >> great to be with you. >> thank you. so why do you feel, if i might ask you this, that we would benefit from yet another committee inquiry into benghazi? >> well i actually think part of the problem is this spreads across so
diplomatic post in benghazi. there's been a state department accountability review board chaired by admiral mike mullen and ambassador thomas pickering. there have also been hearings before the senate committee on foreign relations where former secretary of state hillary clinton was cross examined. and yesterday, the president, himself, appeared a little exasperated by the republicans' focus on benghazi. >> there are still diplomats around the world who are in very dangerous, difficult...
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>> we haven't heard from one person in benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. >> you mentioned benghazi. >> yeah. >> america's news may not be secure, but at least lindsey graham will be re-elected. >> this administration needs to be held accountable for benghazi a story of americans abandoned by their government at a time they needed their government the most. >> joining me now, david brock, founder of "media matters for america," and author of the newly released ebook called "the benghazi hoax." and david, take me through the almost tultemic resonance that benghazi and the deaths of t four americans in that american consulate that night has taken on among the right. >> well, sure. so, in this book, we outline 15 what we call hoaxes. and i think today, in your lead-in, we saw the 16th. you know, behind every bully is a coward, and lindsey graham made a big deal of making friends with hillary clinton earlier in his days in the senate. then he switched course on benghazi and basically accused her of having blood on his hands, and what changed there? wh
>> we haven't heard from one person in benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. benghazi. >> you mentioned benghazi. >> yeah. >> america's news may not be secure, but at least lindsey graham will be re-elected. >> this administration needs to be held accountable for benghazi a story of americans abandoned by their government at a time they needed their government the most. >> joining me now, david brock, founder of "media matters for america," and...
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the clear signal is that this was not about benghazi. he's not resigning as any kind of admission of flaws or faults in the intelligence gathering on benghazi. although there will be in the house and senate a continuing series of hearings. there is going to be an intelligence committee next week, and he was supposed to be one of the witnesses. apparently he met with the president on this, and the president has accepted his he resignation. this is the four-star general that led our forces in iraq and afghanistan who came into the administration retired from the military, and took the offer from the president to be the cia director in april of 2011. he will be succeeded temporarily by the depth see cia director, a career veteran widely regarded, highly respected michael morrell. toure. >> thank you, andrea. let's go to colonel jack jacobs. this is shocking news. we don't expect this from a man like general petraeus, with the reputation he's had. what light can you shed on what's going on? >> very little, actually. it's such a shock to ever
the clear signal is that this was not about benghazi. he's not resigning as any kind of admission of flaws or faults in the intelligence gathering on benghazi. although there will be in the house and senate a continuing series of hearings. there is going to be an intelligence committee next week, and he was supposed to be one of the witnesses. apparently he met with the president on this, and the president has accepted his he resignation. this is the four-star general that led our forces in...
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and from slate.com, "hillary clinton has won the benghazi hearing." afterwards, committee chairman trey gowdy struggled to name something new that was learned. >> i think some of jimmy jordan's questioning -- well when you say new today, i mean, we knew some of that already. we knew about the e-mails. in terms of her testimony? i don't know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous times she's testified, so, i'd have to go back and look at the transcript. >> and joining me live now, one of the five democrats on the benghazi committee, congresswoman linda sanchez of california. congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >> i'm sure you heard and read some of the headlines today. how would you describe what played out yesterday? >> well, you know, i have to say that i'm disappointed that we couldn't do more to answer some of the questions that family members still have, but essentially, you know, secretary clinton has testified before the senate and the house before. the republican m
and from slate.com, "hillary clinton has won the benghazi hearing." afterwards, committee chairman trey gowdy struggled to name something new that was learned. >> i think some of jimmy jordan's questioning -- well when you say new today, i mean, we knew some of that already. we knew about the e-mails. in terms of her testimony? i don't know that she testified that much differently today than she has the previous times she's testified, so, i'd have to go back and look at the...
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her previous benghazi testimony. do you remember, she was wearing those prismatic glasses because she'd had a concussion, that made everybody worry about her health. well, tonight i think we know, we can put any health concerns aside. what a remarkable display of endurance. secretary clinton, i don't know offhand how old she is. i think she's probably 25 years older than i am. i'm exhausted from having watched her testify for this long today, let alone imagining the prospect of sitting there for 11 hours, taking this kind of a beating. former secretary of state hillary clinton has just wrapped up more than 11 hours of testimony before the house select committee investigating the attacks on the u.s. diplomatic facility in benghazi in 2012. this testimony began at 10:00 a.m. eastern time this morning, which seems like a lifetime ago, and for some insects it is. this thing has stretched all the way from 10:00 a.m. this morning all the way through the day into the late hours of tonight. secretary clinton still in the roo
her previous benghazi testimony. do you remember, she was wearing those prismatic glasses because she'd had a concussion, that made everybody worry about her health. well, tonight i think we know, we can put any health concerns aside. what a remarkable display of endurance. secretary clinton, i don't know offhand how old she is. i think she's probably 25 years older than i am. i'm exhausted from having watched her testify for this long today, let alone imagining the prospect of sitting there...
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, benghazi, benghazi! [ laughter ] and i'm not the only one. >> i see criticism from the left, where they go, you guys are covering a phony scandal. "60 minutes" doesn't cover phony scandals. >> yes, another network covered it. that's how you know fox news' reporting is accurate. [ laughter ] it's just like their motto. we reporting, but you should really check with someone else. ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly evolving world. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. they always have. they always will. that's why you take charge of your future. your retirement. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help you like they've helped millions of others. listening, planning, working one on one. to help you retire your way... with confiden
, benghazi, benghazi! [ laughter ] and i'm not the only one. >> i see criticism from the left, where they go, you guys are covering a phony scandal. "60 minutes" doesn't cover phony scandals. >> yes, another network covered it. that's how you know fox news' reporting is accurate. [ laughter ] it's just like their motto. we reporting, but you should really check with someone else. ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, we've always been on the forefront of innovation....
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right now benghazi is a really serious issue. they can go through and see what happened, where the meltdown came from, and they can see the painer trail through these e-mails. they're right to ask for the white house to provide them. they don't need to be hyperpartisan on it. they don't need to go after hillary clinton right now because once it unfolds, if it's as bad as everyone thinks it probably is, it will take care of itself. >> apparently karl rove's super pac has not heard what you just said because, morris, as you know, they released the first attack ad of the 2016 campaign this week criticizing hillary clint clinton. >> how could this happen? why did she blame a video? >> was it because of a protest or because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some americans. what difference at this point does it make? >> the difference is a cover-up and four american lives that deserve the truth. >> morris, how much of an impact do you think benghazi could have on hillary clinton if she decides to run in 2016?
right now benghazi is a really serious issue. they can go through and see what happened, where the meltdown came from, and they can see the painer trail through these e-mails. they're right to ask for the white house to provide them. they don't need to be hyperpartisan on it. they don't need to go after hillary clinton right now because once it unfolds, if it's as bad as everyone thinks it probably is, it will take care of itself. >> apparently karl rove's super pac has not heard what you...
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and granted he never said shut down benghazi. and i understand and appreciate that you deferred to him but you also -- we have no record of you ever talking to him. that you never talked to him personally after may of 2012 when you swore him in as our ambassador. am i wrong? did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hot bed of libya? that is a yes or no question, madame secretary? did you ever personally speak to ambassador stevens? we don't know the answer. did you ever personally speak to him after you swore him in in may? yes or no. >> yes, i believe i did. >> when was that? >> i don't recall and i want to clarify for the record that this document is about all of libya and not just benghazi. >> 77 are about benghazi. >> congress woman, i appreciate and i really do, the passion and the intensity of your feelings about this. we have diplomatic facilities in war zones. we have ambassadors that we send to places that have been bombed and attacked all the time. >> and you're their boss. is that ri
and granted he never said shut down benghazi. and i understand and appreciate that you deferred to him but you also -- we have no record of you ever talking to him. that you never talked to him personally after may of 2012 when you swore him in as our ambassador. am i wrong? did you ever talk to ambassador stevens when all of this was going on in the hot bed of libya? that is a yes or no question, madame secretary? did you ever personally speak to ambassador stevens? we don't know the answer....
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who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her? she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she knew, but i know the story she told was misleading. i don't know why it was misleading. but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national security events? i think they might, simply because when the bin laden raid occurred, they leaked every detail about the raid. we have a pakistani doctor in custody because he told about the role he played. the underwear bomber case where we stopped a plot in yemen came out in "the new york times." they told us about how this administration stopped the role of cyber attacks on iranian nuclear program. in three weeks we heard a lot of detailed about classified information to make this president look good. so if they would leak classified information to make him look good, would they withhold information to prevent him from
who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her? she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she knew, but i know the story she told was misleading. i don't know why it was misleading. but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national security events? i think they might, simply because when the bin...
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." >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. ♪ >> let's start with benghazi. >> the scandal house republicans can't get enough of. >> house speaker john boehner is forming a select committee. >> another select committee? another investigation. and more partisanship. >> there've been 13 hearings on benghazi, 50 briefings, 25,000 pages of documents released. >> there may be other documents. >> what we really need to do is get our hands on the documents that the white house has been withholding. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> peter king acknowledged that there is kind of an overreach danger. >> republicans could be seen as somehow encouraging a political fight over the fact that four americans were murdered. >> it is a political stunt. >> benghazi seems to not have resonated other than on fox and a couple of other groups. >> everybody knows it's a political stunt. >> it's a conspiracy theory without a conspiracy. >> they're all tried and true red herring. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. benghazi. >> 13 hearings, 25,000 pages of documents already handed over. over 50 briefings. a smoking gun
." >> benghazi. >> benghazi. >> benghazi. ♪ >> let's start with benghazi. >> the scandal house republicans can't get enough of. >> house speaker john boehner is forming a select committee. >> another select committee? another investigation. and more partisanship. >> there've been 13 hearings on benghazi, 50 briefings, 25,000 pages of documents released. >> there may be other documents. >> what we really need to do is get our...
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you saw jay carney asked 46 times about benghazi friday. it really is disrupting the white house message. the president was trying to talk about health care. i think the republicans, as perry said, they'll keep at it. there could be more hearings. what struck me was the president's relying on some of these very republicans being the most critical, john mccain, marco rubio, rand paul, support his next big agenda, immigration reform. it's on the table now. how much can the white house fight back on these charges on one hand and not offend those they need to work with on the immigrants and the budget on the other hand? >> and the white house has been encouraging cabinet members giving graduation speeches, commencement speeches to push obama care. bloomberg reporting, the white house told all cabinet members and senior officials to use commencement speeches to drive home for graduating students and their parents the benefits they gained from a provision of the law that allows young adults to stay on their family's insurance plan until they turn
you saw jay carney asked 46 times about benghazi friday. it really is disrupting the white house message. the president was trying to talk about health care. i think the republicans, as perry said, they'll keep at it. there could be more hearings. what struck me was the president's relying on some of these very republicans being the most critical, john mccain, marco rubio, rand paul, support his next big agenda, immigration reform. it's on the table now. how much can the white house fight back...
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they think benghazi will derail krnt hillary clinton's campaign run. there's no information this spreads outside the bubble but the damage that bubble does smearing ruining careers, waste of money, throwing around all senseless allegations about terrorism and patriotism. >> not surprisingly chairman mike rogers this morning suggesting that the "new york times," they're in cahoots with hillary clinton and trying to clear the record. thank you steve and eric. >>> next it is all about the youth, seriously, this year they took the lead in disrupting the status quo even more than ted cruz that's next. >> republicans were clamoring for months and months we're going to defund obama care or we're not going to fund the budget and now they're out there saying what? we didn't want anything to do with this? they think we're stupid? are they stupid what's going on? >> it's quite simple john it is the last one. they think you're stupid. and not just you, everybody. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "limit the cash i earn every mon
they think benghazi will derail krnt hillary clinton's campaign run. there's no information this spreads outside the bubble but the damage that bubble does smearing ruining careers, waste of money, throwing around all senseless allegations about terrorism and patriotism. >> not surprisingly chairman mike rogers this morning suggesting that the "new york times," they're in cahoots with hillary clinton and trying to clear the record. thank you steve and eric. >>> next it...
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he called washington as the benghazi mission was overtaken by terrorists. at 3:00 a.m., libya's prime minister called. >> it was the saddest phone call i've ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. >> reporter: after hearings last fall and winter, a damming report by an independent review board, hillary clinton took the blame in january. >> i take responsibility. >> reporter: house republicans said clinton and the review board didn't good far enough with that admission. >> i find it stunning that four and a half months after the attack secretary clinton still has the gull to say it wasn't us. >> reporter: as the attack raged on and a second assault on a cia outpost, hicks testified he and a defense person tried to send special forces to benghazi but the pentagon told them to stand down. >> i will quote lieutenant colonel gibson. he said this is the first time in my career that a diplomat has more. [ beep ] than somebody in the military. >> reporter: the pentagon says f-16s were hours away and couldn't have got threaten in tim
he called washington as the benghazi mission was overtaken by terrorists. at 3:00 a.m., libya's prime minister called. >> it was the saddest phone call i've ever had in my life. he told me that ambassador stevens had passed away. >> reporter: after hearings last fall and winter, a damming report by an independent review board, hillary clinton took the blame in january. >> i take responsibility. >> reporter: house republicans said clinton and the review board didn't good...
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the benghazi scandal, by the way, it is a scandal. and john mccain yesterday said it was a coverup as well. >> a real culture of deception has been revealed. the deception in terms of saying what the truth was. >> possibly new evidence that the white house was heavily involved in whitewashing the narrative in the aftermath of the benghazi terror attacks. >> this has been a coverup from the very beginning. i was in the white house during watergate. i know all about coverups. >> this definitely is a creative rewriting of history. >> i mean, they're obsessed with it. they're saying things that has no basis of fact. even the whistle blower, if you're going to listen to a whistle blower, which you should, at least listen to what he's whistling. he's not saying that the white house and the president were directly involved in changing anything. >> no, he's not, reverend al. we started out today with three alleged scandals surrounding the white house. and we're ending the day with really only one thing that's of concern. that is the subpoena
the benghazi scandal, by the way, it is a scandal. and john mccain yesterday said it was a coverup as well. >> a real culture of deception has been revealed. the deception in terms of saying what the truth was. >> possibly new evidence that the white house was heavily involved in whitewashing the narrative in the aftermath of the benghazi terror attacks. >> this has been a coverup from the very beginning. i was in the white house during watergate. i know all about coverups....